Published on November 23rd, 2009 | by simeon

News Shorts: November 23rd 2009

The first photos of Christina Aguilera shooting scenes for Burlesque, Josh Duhamel and Katie Holmes on the set of The Romantics, and one-sheets for Loss of a Teardrop Diamong, Nine, and Mr. Nobody.

“Tarsem Singh’s ancient Greek gods epic “War of Gods” starring Henry Cavill as Theseus, has been re-titled “Dawn of War” and is scheduled to start shooting in Montreal in March…” (full details)

“Despite their very public arguments back and forth, Michael Bay says Megan Fox has “got a great part in ‘Transformers 3’ and he has no plans of killing her off…” (full details)

“Director Jon Favreau retreated a fan’s question giving hints that the first “Iron Man 2” trailer could premiere with “Sherlock Holmes” at Christmas…” (full details)

“Jackass 3D” has been listed on the Paramount Pictures release slate for 2010…” (full details)

“There will be five contenders for the Best Animated Feature category when the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards nominations are announced at 5am (PT) on Tuesday morning December 15th. The list expands the field from three…” (full details)

“Add Anne Hathaway to that ever growing list of actresses up for a fourth “Spider-Man”…” (full details)

“Warners early plans for another “Batman” film are expected to be complete around January and will then be presented to director Chris Nolan. The longer it takes for him to commit, the less chance he’ll likely return for a third time to this franchise…” (full details)

“Stephen Lang (“Avatar,” “The Men Who Stare at Goats”) has joined the cast of John Gray’s indie drama “White Irish Drinkers” where he will play a tortured longshoreman…” (full details)

“Thora Birch will star alongside Kevin Zegers in the “Bonnie and Clyde” remake…” (full details)

“MTV Networks has acquired the exclusive U.S. TV rights to air the posthumous documentary “Michael Jackson’s This Is It.” Sister networks such as VH1, BET and Palladia will also have the ability to air the film…” (full details)

“A casting call for “Spider-Man 4″ is seeking a two-year-old caucasian twins with red haired ‘engaging personalities’. This has lead to much speculation that the character they will be playing could be a child of Tobey McGuire’s Peter Parker and Kirsten Dunst’s Mary Jane Watson…” (full details)